Ben Carson is living out a job fear that most people have — that someone might publicly hold them up as unqualified for the job they hold. The U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary is being ridiculed for hearing “Oreo,” the name of a cookie, when he was asked about the real…

If only ‘multi-functional devices’ could duplicate boxes of Oreo cookies/Columns/2019/05/25/If-only-multi-functional-devices-could-duplicate-boxes-of-Oreo-cookies.html1

Wisconsin man who kidnapped Jayme Closs gets life in prison/News/2019/05/25/Wisconsin-man-who-kidnapped-Jayme-Closs-gets-life-in-prison.html7

May 25, 2019

BARRON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents after the girl told the judge she that wanted him “locked up forever” for trying to steal her.

Wichita State upset top-seeded East Carolina during the first day of the American Athletic Conference baseball tournament, and it was the Shockers again on Friday who convincingly ended the Pirates’ stay in Clearwater, Fla., for the AAC tourney.

After falling in Game One of the 3-A East Regional baseball finals Tuesday, No. 2 D.H. Conley rebounded on Thursday, defeating No. 1 New Hanover 10-0 in six innings to force a winner-take-all Game Three Saturday.

President Trump lost a preliminary round Monday in his court battle with House Democrats when a federal judge ruled his accounting firm must obey a subpoena to provide his financial records to Congress.

Trump called the 41-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta "crazy" and said he planned…

A group of health care stakeholders met in Raleigh last week for a first-ever “listen and learn” session focused on two questions: How much should we spend on health care and how should these dollars be advocated?

When I was young, one of my favorite side dishes was rice pilaf. It came in a slim box with a portion of rice and a sachet of spices, dehydrated chicken stock — and goodness knows what else — all set to prepare with water on the stovetop.

The results were salty, addictive and…

Rice pilaf: When homemade is better than the box/Look/2019/05/22/When-homemade-is-better-than-the-box.html3

If only ‘multi-functional devices’ could duplicate boxes of Oreo cookies/Columns/2019/05/25/If-only-multi-functional-devices-could-duplicate-boxes-of-Oreo-cookies.html7

May 25, 2019

Ben Carson is living out a job fear that most people have — that someone might publicly hold them up as unqualified for the job they hold. The U.S. Housing and Urban Development secretary is being ridiculed for hearing “Oreo,” the name of a cookie, when he was asked about the real…

Patty's Place is a small downtown restaurant that serves lunch from 11 to 4. The place is busy, but quick, clean and pleasant. Patty cooks everything herself, the menu is short and the regular customers love it.

Her specialty is a large wedge of crustless green-chile quiche with a side salad…

Have it our way, or go somewhere else/Look/2019/05/19/DON-T-HAVE-IT-YOUR-WAY.html3

I love foreign languages and travel, I love alpine skiing and I love interesting local color. So when I had a chance to take a four-week paid sabbatical from work some years ago, I spent more than a year researching the perfect destination that could scratch all those itches simultaneously. Ruthie…

Learning the language made trip memorable/Look/2019/05/19/Learning-the-language-made-trip-memorable.html3